The arable ecosystem as battleground for emergence of new human pathogens

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Van Overbeek, Leonard S ^a   Van Doorn, Joop ^a,b   Wichers, Jan H ^a   Van Amerongen, Aart ^a   Van Roermund, Herman J W ^a   Willemsen, Peter T J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ENZA ZADEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EHEC; Emerging pathogens; Enterobacteriaceae; Gene transfer; Phytonoses; Rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ARABLE LAND; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; HABITAT; HUMAN; INTERNALIZATION; MANURE; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLANT; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; RHIZOSPHERE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SOIL; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 84897947768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00104     Document Type: Review

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